{"id":8689,"date":"2023-09-25T19:33:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amissionofmercy.org\/arizona\/?page_id=8689"},"modified":"2025-02-27T03:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:14:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amissionofmercy.org\/arizona\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo restore dignity, \u201cHealing through Love,\u201d by providing free healthcare.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo be a leader in our communities in providing comprehensive, compassionate, free healthcare while inspiring others to embrace our mission to restore dignity, \u201cHealing through Love\u201d.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe uninsured working poor, so they can remain healthy, self-sufficient and able to work.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThose moving off of the welfare system and into work, so they can begin to rebuild self-sufficient lives without the burden of poor health or medical debt.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe economically disadvantaged who are in transition \u2013<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trecently unemployed and seeking new employment,<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyoung people who are no longer covered by their parent\u2019s insurance but do not have health insurance through their jobs, and<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGianna Talone-Sullivan is a woman of faith and was a practicing pharmacist when, in 1991, she had a vision – something she believed to be a Divine calling to help the sick and the poor. With a passion to serve, her education and ability as a pharmacist, her connection to other medical professionals, and an unwavering drive to make her vision a reality, Mission of Mercy was born.\n\nIn 1994, Mission of Mercy was officially launched as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (EIN 86-0704883), faith informed in our values and service delivery, and dedicated to bring healing and wholeness to individuals in need through the practice of medicine. Our mission was born – “to restore dignity and ‘healing through Love” by providing free healthcare.”\n\nIn 1994, MOM\u2019s very first mobile medical clinics were created to serve the rural areas of Pennsylvania and Maryland. This was followed in 1997 with Mission of Mercy in Arizona serving urban areas throughout the greater Phoenix Valley, and in 2007 by Mission of Mercy Texas, serving the Coastal Bend area. Mission of Mercy provides a high-quality medical home for underserved individuals in the areas in which we operate, meeting their primary care needs, and helping them manage chronic illnesses.\n\nAt Mission of Mercy, all are welcome, and all are served. Our primary medical, dental and vision services are provided completely free for individuals who do not have other care options available to them. In alliance with our mission, we believe the restoration of personal dignity is paramount to the MOM medical experience. Thus, we will never require our patients to prove their poverty to receive the care they need.\n\nMission of Mercy medical clinics are over\u00a090% volunteer run. We call on the experience of active and retired licensed healthcare professionals, from all different walks of life, who volunteer their time to provide free medical, dental, vision and prescription medication services to the most medically underserved people in Arizona, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Texas.\nMission of Mercy is funded predominately through private and corporate foundation grants, strategic partnerships with hospitals and others in the medical profession, and individual donations. We do not accept state or federal funding of any kind.\nSince our founding, Mission of Mercy has provided healing through Love and compassionate medical services to 112,503 individuals\u00a0and provided\u00a0605,053 medical visits.\u00a0\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Maryvale clinic opened in June, AZ's first program expansion\r\nMOM provided 3,783 patient visits <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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      Program expanded with the opening of the Avondale clinic\r\nA second mobile medical unit was added to accommodate five clinics <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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      MOM's primary mobile medical unit was destroyed in a fire, and a new mobile unit was unveiled by year-end <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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      MOM received $1 million \"Now is the Moment\" grant from the Piper Trust to help support capacity building and growth <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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      MOM celebrates 25th anniversary with \u00a0300,000 patients visits and 497,000 medications dispensed over past 25 years <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div> \r\n